One of the issues that will be talked about at the Empower Women’s Leadership Conference in March is identifying and addressing implicit bias in the hiring process, and limiting opportunities for new assignments and promotions.  Implicit bias is a personal predisposition for or against another person based on their gender, the way they look, their education, or any other single factor. Cultural stereotypes drive most of these unconscious assumptions about someone’s abilities, and they often turn out to be flat wrong.